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Sifton installs Canada’s first solar energy storage LED streetlight

July 19, 2016 - At The Erinview—one of its properties in Mississauga, Ont.—developer Sifton Properties announced the installation of what it claims to be Canada’s first solar energy storage LED streetlight.

July 20, 2016  By  Anthony Capkun



Manufactured by ClearWorld LLC, the lights are designed to produce electricity via a photovoltaic panel that wraps around a standard light pole. The wrap itself houses a lithium-ion battery and wireless control unit. The lights have the capability to operate for 15 days in cloudy conditions, notify operators when there is a fault, and generate electricity to feed back into the grid.


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